You would rather we cut ourselves more slack. Jesus said hatred in one's heart is murder.
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I wasn't aware that somewhere along the way you'd acquired . . . perhaps from a UFO driving ET? . . . the capacity to read the thoughts and intents of the human heart.
Personally, I think you need to demand your money back. The ET appears to have taken your money without delivering the goods. Or perhaps you didn't do your homework up to standard. Or maybe it was the lab work?
I also have the impression that you have misconstrued Jesus' point about the letter of the law vs the spirit. I suppose you worship on Saturday regardless of the Sabbath being made for man instead of man made for the sabbath.
Yes, Jesus set a higher standard.
He insisted that The Father was serious about conforming us to the image of His Son. He's serious about being the author and finisher of our faith as well as of us.
AND, He's still against folks trying to jury rig by fleshy means narrow, rigid, dogmatic fleshy perfectionism and conformity by hypocritical authoritarian battering one's self and others into one's fleshy image of one's self--construing that as facilitating their conformity into Christ's image.
Hey, all I can do is go by what you and others have said.